Senior / Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Vehicle Dynamics
Waabi · Canada · $241,000–$320,000 (stated in the posting)
You Will…
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Design and develop data-driven and machine-learned approaches to vehicle control problems, bringing modern ML to a domain traditionally solved with classical methods.
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Develop learned models of vehicle behavior and dynamics, and integrate them into the closed-loop simulation.
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Apply machine learning to improve how the controller adapts across vehicles and operating conditions.
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Be part of a team of multidisciplinary Engineers and Research Scientists using an AI-first approach to enable safe self-driving at scale.
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Own problems end to end, from conceptualization and offline experimentation through simulation and on-vehicle validation.
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Build the data pipelines, evaluation metrics, and tooling needed to measure whether a learned approach outperforms the classical baseline.
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Participate and share ideas in technical and architecture discussions, helping define how learning and classical control coexist in a safety-critical stack.
Qualifications:
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MS/PhD or Bachelors degree with a minimum of 4 years of industry experience in Robotics, Controls, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and/or similar technical field(s) of study.
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Demonstrated depth in control theory and dynamic systems (e.g., MPC, optimal control, state estimation, system identification, kinematic and dynamic vehicle modeling).
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Hands-on experience applying machine learning to a physical system, with real hardware in the loop rather than simulation alone.
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Production-quality coding skill in Python and C++, and experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch.
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Solid problem solving skills using linear algebra, optimization, statistics & probability.
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Ability to rapidly prototype and test new algorithms, and to design the experiments that prove whether they work.
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Open-minded and collaborative team player with the willingness to help others.
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Passionate about self-driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions.